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Archives for January 2012

Pigs may fly: Indonesian gov’t may “finally” move against thugs of Islamic Defenders Front

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Indonesia is markedly more relaxed in its approach to homegrown Islamic supremacist thugs (see also: the church saga in Bogor) than ones with international connections, though they have shown a rather soft touch at times in the latter case as well. As long as the local groups focusing on harassing Christians and Ahmadis, intervention has […]

Afghan Taliban says peace talks ‘don’t signal end to Jihad’

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The only ones who might be surprised by this are in Washington, and they won’t listen anyway. “Afghan Taliban says peace talks ‘don’t signal end to Jihad,’” from ANI, January 12 (thanks to Twostellas): Islamabad, Jan 12 : Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents have said that their support for peace talks does not mean a surrender from […]

Muslim Brotherhood member who just won parliament seat: Pilgrimage to Egyptian rabbi’s tomb would be “suicide mission” for Israelis

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And why would that be? More on this story. “Egyptians: No pilgrimage to rabbi’s tomb,” from the Associated Press, January 11: Egyptian Islamists and other activists say they have vowed to prevent Israelis from making an annual pilgrimage to the tomb of a 19th-century Jewish holy man in the Nile Delta. Pilgrimage opponents have decided […]

Muslim Brotherhood Declares “Mastership of World” as Ultimate Goal

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Although many Muslim leaders openly articulate their efforts as part of a larger picture””one that culminates in the resurrection of a caliphate adversarial by nature to all things non-Muslim””many Western leaders see only the moment, either out of context or, worse, in a false context built atop wishful thinking. Among other things, this myopia causes […]

Greetings (again), DHS agents!

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People are sending this to me in large numbers today, and it is even being reported that Reuters broke the story, but actually I had it at Jihad Watch on January 2. Certainly it is abhorrent that DHS would be doing this at all, instead of any real work to secure the nation from actual […]

Lebanon: Shop selling alcohol bombed

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More civic-minded Muslims help people abstain from alcohol the Muslim way. “Lebanon: Shop selling alcohol bombed in Shiite-majority south,” from ANSAmed, January 12 (thanks to Insubria): (ANSAmed) – BEIRUT, JANUARY 12 – A bomb was blown up by unidentified individuals last night at a alcoholic beverages shop in southern Lebanon, the latest in a series […]

Indonesia: Muslims shouting “jihad” vandalize security post, demand alcohol ban

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The Islamic Defenders Front demands a ban on alcohol, the Muslim way: with a near-riot, vandalism, and threats of jihad. And what about the sizable number of non-Muslims in Indonesia, who may want to drink alcohol? Pah! Who cares about them? “Indonesia Islamic group rallies to demand alcohol ban,” from Reuters, January 12: JAKARTA | […]

Somalia: Misunderstanders of Islam publicly flog convert from Islam to Christianity

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Muslim spokesmen such as Salam al-Marayati, M. Cherif Bassiouni, and Ali Eteraz, all of whom (among many others) assure us that Islam has no death penalty for apostasy, despite Muhammad’s words, “Whoever changed his Islamic religion, then kill him” (Bukhari 9.84.57). Somehow these Somali Muslims have misunderstood Islam in the same way Muhammad did. But […]

State Dept.: Muslim Brotherhood gave assurances on observance of treaty with Israel. Muslim Brotherhood: oh, no we didn’t

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War is deceit: the agenda is the same, but the message depends on the audience. More on this story. “Brotherhood: We did not promise to honor Israel peace treaty,” by Roi Kais for YNet News, January 7: The Muslim Brotherhood denied on Saturday that it had assured Washington it would uphold the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace […]

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